Don’t let the door hit you, February

February, you are kind of a pain in the neck. Thankfully, you are short, but you are also cold and lacking in sunlight. Yes, some really nice people were born in you, and you have that whole love holiday thing, which should be nice, but just seems kind of commercial, and occasionally you have an ...

Fairy Tale Friday, Book Review: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James

Title and Author: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James Publisher: Avon Genre: Romance Publication Date: December 27th 2011 Pages: 367 pages Source: Purchased ebook Kid-rating: Not for kids. It’s a romance novel: lots of sexual innuendo and um, actual you-know-what. Star Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis (from GoodReads) This Duke is Mine He is a duke in search of ...

Fairy Tale Friday: Once Upon A Mattress 2

The musical, Once Upon A Mattress, is a very funny adaptation of the Princess and the Pea story. It sets out to answer some of the questions that I raised in my previous post — where did the princess come from? What was wrong with the other princesses? Why the pea under the mattress test? ...

Top Ten Best Bookish Memories 1

So I didn’t think I was going to have anything to write for this week’s prompt, for the top 10 meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, because I haven’t gone to any book signings or big conventions or anything like that. However, I was lying in bed this morning, and it occurred to ...

Book Review: The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Title and Author: The Archived by Victoria Schwab Publisher: Disney Hyperion Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publication Date: January 22, 2013 Pages: 336 pages Source: Purchased at iBookstore Kid-rating: Clean. No qualms about suggesting to my 13 year old family members. I’m going to encourage the boys to try to read, for something different. Star Rating: ...